Ezekiel 20:1
THE SEVENTH YEAR. See the table on p. 1105. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_, with _'eth_ (= Jehovah Himself). App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEVENTH YEAR. See the table on p. 1105. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_, with _'eth_ (= Jehovah Himself). App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. UNTO. with. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read' unto". THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL. In the Captivity; who were being deceived by false prophets who predicted. speedy return. SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's... [ Continue Reading ]
WILT THOU... WILT THOU... ? Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. CHOSE ISRAEL, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:7; Exodus 20:2.Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 7:6). App-92. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for "I sware". Compare verses: Ezekiel 20:6; Ezekiel 20:15; Ezekiel 20:23, Eze 6:28, Eze 6:42, Genesis 14:22. [ Continue Reading ]
THE. that. BRING THEM FORTH, &c. Reference to Pentateuch, (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8; Deuteronomy 8:9). App-92. ESPIED. looked, or spied out, FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Exodus 13:5;... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY MAN. Heb _. 'ish._ App-14. ABOMINATIONS. Put by Figure of speech _metonymy_ (of Cause, App-6, for that which Jehovah abominated. DEFILE NOT YOURSELVES, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:3). App-92. IDOLS. manufactured gods.... [ Continue Reading ]
REBELLED. See note on Ezekiel 2:5. POUR OUT MY FURY, &c. Repeated in or Ezekiel 13:21, Eze 13:33, Eze 13:34. See the Structure, p. 1131.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WROUGHT, &c. Repeated in no Ezekiel 14:22, Eze 14:44. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:12.Numbers 14:13, &c.) App-92. HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CAUSED, &c, Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 13, &c.) App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
I GAVE THEM, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:8). STATUTES.. JUDGMENTS. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:1). WHICH IF. MAN DO, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:5). man. Hebrew. _'ditto_,. App-14. DO. do [them]. HE SHALL... LIVE. See note on Leviticus 18:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
I GAVE THEM, &c. Ref, to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:8; Exodus 31:13). THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW. COMPARE note on Ezekiel 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAN. SAID,. WOULD, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 14:22; Numbers 14:23; Numbers 14:29. Eze 26:65). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WOULD NOT BRING THEM INTO, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 14:32). App-92. Compare Psalms 95:11. THEM. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "to them" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR HEART WENT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAID, &c. Reference to Pentateuch, (Numbers 14:32; Numbers 14:33; Numbers 32:13.Deuteronomy 4:3; Deuteronomy 4:3), App-92. CHILDREN. sons. STATUTES, JUDGMENTS. Like those of Omri (Micah 6:16). Compare Jeremiah 16:13,... [ Continue Reading ]
YE MAY KNOW. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
REBELLED. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 25:1; Numbers 25:2.Deuteronomy 9:23; Deuteronomy 9:24; Deuteronomy 31:27). App-92. THEY POLLUTED MY SABBATHS. Some codices, with four early printed editions, add "even My sabbaths".... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHDREW, &c. Idiom for. relaxing of anger or refraining from punishment.... [ Continue Reading ]
I. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "Yet even (or, also) I", as in Ezekiel 20:1 THAT. WOULD SCATTER, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Lev 28:33.Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 28:64). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 12:15,... [ Continue Reading ]
I GAVE THEM ALSO STATUTES, its. In Hebrew idiom. I suffered others to give them statutes, it,: i.e. in their captivity. Active verbs in Hebrew were used to express not only the doing of the thing, but the permission of the thing which the agent is said to do. The verb _nathan,_ to give, is therefore... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMITTED. TRESPASS. trespassed. trespass. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), for emphasis. committed _a great_ trespass. TRESPASS. treachery. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. As in Ezekiel 14:13 with Ezekiel 15:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
I POLLUTED THEM, &c. See note on Ezekiel 20:25. The con. trast is with their pollution of God's gifts (Ezekiel 20:16). pass through: or, pass over. The firstborn were to be passed over to Jehovah (Exodus 13:12); but they passed them (through the fire) over to Moloch (Leviticus 18:21.Deuteronomy 18:1... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT IS THE HIGH PLACE... ? Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew oath _habhamdh,_ for emphasis, to mark the contrast between this idolatrous high place and Zion the true high and holy mountain (Ezekiel 20:40).... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE GE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR SONS. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "your sons and your daughters".... [ Continue Reading ]
MIND. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. MIGHTY HAND, he. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:34, &c.) WILL. RULE. will. become king.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WILDERNESS OF THE PEOPLE. Probably another country _which_ would be to them another wilderness in which they were tested as to whether they would hear.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE AS. PLEADED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 14:21; Numbers 14:28; Numbers 14:29). App-92. See also Ezekiel 20:13 and Ezekiel 20:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASS UNDER THE ROD. This was the manner of counting the sheep, which were numbered as _they_ passed under the shepherd's club: implying here that none should be lost (Amos 9:9), and that the restored nation should be holy to Jehovah (Compare Ezekiel 20:40). Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 27:32).... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESS. Hebrew. _pasha_ '. App-44, INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL. on the soil of Israel. Thus illustrating Ezekiel 20:36. Hebrew. _atdmath_. See note on Ezekiel 11:17. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO YE, &c. Figure of speech _Eironeia._ App-6, Divine irony. EVERY ONE. every man, as in verses: Ezekiel 20:20; Ezekiel 20:7. BUT: or, yet. holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE MOUNTAIN: i.e. Mcriah and Lion. See App-68. Compare Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 5:4; Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:20. REQUIRE. seek. OFFERINGS. heave offerings. Hebrew. _terumah_. App-43. FIRSTFRUITE OF YOUR OBLATIONS: i.e. firstfruit gifts or presents. Hebrew. _mas'eth_. Not th... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL LOTHE YOURSELVES. Compare Ezekiel 16:61. EVILS. Same word as "wicked", Ezekiel 20:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. Hebrew. _raa_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUTH. the _Negeb._ See note on Psalms 126:4. against: or, unto. Some codices read "toward". THE SOUTH FIELD: i.e. Judah and Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE. See the Structure above. flesh. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person. ALL FLESH. all people, every one.... [ Continue Reading ]
PARABLES. Thus intended to have the same purpose as the Lord's parables. See Matthew 13:11.... [ Continue Reading ]